Hey everyone, sorry for the late post. I want to say sorry also for the short chapters. The rest of the chapters will be much longer, I can promise you that. Thank you, snufflesgal for the review.

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters except for Alice. But they all have separate leashes for when they're allowed outside.

Reminder: This is starting off completely from the beginning of Chapter 1 Part 1

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Chapter 1 Part 2

"Did you see any humans exit the craft?" Thade teeth gnashed as he spoke.

"They weren't humans, but the creatures that stepped out of the craft were half a human's normal height, and their heads were twice as big as a human's or ape's."

Thade stopped in his tracks in horror as Attar mounted his horse. What foul creature could this be! Thade quickly shook the horrible images out of his head, and mounted his horse. Together, the ape soldiers rode off to Calima, the forbidden ancient ruins of their past. As they galloped to their destination, Thade became more curious.

"Was there more than one?"

"A lot more, sir. There were about twenty of them in green armor and a glass dome covering their heads. They all carried strange firearms and were circled around two more, which I assumed were their leaders."

"Really?" Thade looked toward him in amazement. They're intelligent creatures! "How so?"

"Well, one of them wore a long, red cape and the other a purple cape. Two of our patrol officers tried to communicate with them, but all they seemed to do was draw a circle in the air with their finger. Then two of their soldiers brought a large machine out of the craft."

"What did it look like?" Thade felt like a young ape again, listening to his grand-ape's war survivor stories.

"It looked like a large metal box with all sorts of knobs and switches. They turned one knob and began to speak into the box. Actually, I'm not sure they were necessarily speaking. It sounded more like the quacking of a wild duck."

Thade gave him a funny look. These things are sounding more ridiculous by the minute!

"Quacking!"

"Yes, sir."

"What happened next?" Thade quickly put that last detail aside.

""They spoke into the box, and then another voice came from the box."

"Witchcraft," Thade muttered under his breath. "What did it say?"

"It said to the soldiers, 'We wish to meet with your superior. We wish to discuss terms of an alliance.'"

An alliance, Thade thought. Why would these creatures want to make an alliance with us? But by the time Thade could ask this question to Attar, they were already at their destination. There they sat upon their horses in a vast, dry desert where only fifty feet ahead of them, was a giant, metallic flying saucer that stood on spider-like legs. Underneath it was a circle of Martian soldiers. Attar was right!

They were only four feet tall, but had gigantic heads protected by shiny, glass domes. Their brains took up most of their heads, but their faces consisted of two bulging, piercing red eyes, and a lipless mouth. Where their nose should be were only two nasal cavity holes. The Martians stood in a large circle, holding firearms covered in spheres and tubes. Their short arms and legs were ringed with jointed metal tubes and their chests were criss-crossed with flexible hoses that joined the domed helmets to life-support backpacks.

In the center of their circle was two more Martians wearing the same equipment, but topped off with one red, and one purple glittering cape. Attar called to the group of ape troops ahead.

"Make way!"

The troops obeyed and stood in two rows on either side of Attar and Thade's path. Attar motioned Thade to follow him. Together, they rode past the troops and stopped in front of the Martian circle Thade got off his horse and called out to the Martian leaders over the Martian troops' heads.

"I am the ape superior, General Thade. You sent for me about an alliance?"

The Martian with the purple cape was holding the metal box that Attar was speaking of earlier. The Martian with the red cape leaned his mammoth head towards the box and began "quacking". He was doing this for a long period of time, until the purple-caped Martian turned one of the box's knobs, and a voice that spoke Thade's language emerged.

"Greetings. I am the Martian Ambassador. We have flown to your planet and sent for you because we have one thing in common. I know for a fact that the both of us have a deep loathing for human beings. After learning the story of your victory over the human race on your planet, we wanted to come here and share our plans of destruction with you. You see, we too have once tried to overcome the human race on a far off planet called, Earth. We were defeated and banished back to our home planet, Mars, which is not far from here. After our defeat, we discovered another planet that now stands between Mars and your planet. It is called Dementia, and it is infested with the human scum."

Thade was starting to like them already. "So what exactly are your plans?"

The Ambassador spoke into the box once again, for a minute or two. When he finished, he turned the same knob.

"We wish to capture a list of specific humans for experimentation. Such as world leaders, scientists, athletes, the mentally and physically challenged, and so forth. When we are through, we wish to combine the strength of our army with yours, and destroy whatever's left of the human race. The process of building an underground hideout for your citizens and mine, preparing our troops, building firearms and armor will take at least six months. We have plenty of aircrafts to move your people to the hideout. Are you in?"

Thade thought for a moment. "Where will this underground hideout be?"

The Ambassador smiled and spoke once more into the box. Another turn of the knob and…

"Right underneath the humans' feet. A series of tunnels will be our secret entrances and exits to the outside world, where our invasion will take place. We have planned it out so that we will be easily undetected in our building and planning process. Everything will be recorded and taken down on a record. Even as we speak, our first conversation is being recorded on a secret camera and tape recorder that only we know where they are hidden. But don't worry, no secrets will be kept from you, if you agree to our terms."

Thade looked back at Attar and gave him a demented chimp-grin. The smile came off his face as he turned back towards the Martians. He held his right index finger up, and drew a circle in the air. The Martian leaders and their troops immediately copied him in agreement, as did the ape troops.

"We have an agreement." The ape troops jumped up and down, screeching and pounding their chests in celebration. Unbeknownst that a female ape citizen was watching the entire conversation, determined to get her hands on the "secret" video and tape cassette…

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Whooooo! Well, that's the second half of chapter one. I will promise you that the rest of the chapters will be in only one part. Review if you wish, I would very much appreciate it. The next chapter will be more of what happens six months later on Dementia, before the invasion takes place. Adios, Bubba!